Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.
What was decided (9 motions)
6 carried, 3 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Planning Committee defer the item until the August 25, 2022, Planning Committee meeting and authorize that staff may submit a revised report to Committee, if required. The Applicant/Owner as represented by Derek Howe, Taggart, provided an overview of the Application and responded to questions from Committee. He was accompanied by the following: Miguel Tremblay, Fotenn Tim Beed, Fotenn The following staff were also present and responded to questions: Planning, Real Estate and Economic Development: Andrew McCreight, Manager, Development Review - Central The following speakers addressed the Committee to speak to the Application in opposition to demolishing affordable housing and removing residents in order to build parking lots: Bill Ewanick, Acorn touched on the affects the proposal would have on the climate and homelessness crisis in the city and asked the committee to reject the application. Natalie Appleyard, Acorn, echoes the previous speakers comments recognizing there is a housing emergency, and this application is in opposition of where the City needs to move in order to acknowledge the right to housing. Miranda Gray opposed to valuing car storage over homes and expressed concern with he permanent loss of affordable units for future residents looking four affordable housing. The following written submissions were received by, and are filed with, the Office of the City Clerk, and distributed to Committee Members: Email dated July 5, 2022 from
Moved by Councillor S. Menard
Carried
S. Moffatt WHEREAS Report ACS2022-PIE-PS-0073 recommends approval for the demolition of 142 Nepean ; and WHEREAS Document 4 provides a Memorandum of Understanding concerning the existing tenants; and WHEREAS The report inadvertently omitted a recommendation to implement the MOU; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT with respect to report ACS2022-PIE-PS-0073, a new recommendation 4 be added to the report - “That Planning Committee recommend Council approval of Demolition Control be withheld until the Memorandum of Understanding, detailed in Document 4, has been executed by the owner/applicant”.
Moved by Co-chair
Withdrawn
WHEREAS item 6.4, report ACS2022-PIE-PS-0077, of the City of Ottawa Planning Committee Agenda 67 was
Moved by C. Curry
Deferred
BE IT RESOLVED that the Zoning By-law Amendment for 100 Steacie Drive be refused. For (6) L. Dudas, T. Tierney, J. Cloutier, C. Kitts, A. Hubley, and C. Curry Against (5) Co-chair G. Gower, J. Leiper, R. Brockington, Co-chair S. Moffatt, and S. Menard
Moved by C. Curry
Carried
WHEREAS report ACS2022-PIE-PS-0070 seeks Council’s approval for an Official Plan amendment and Zoning By-law amendment to construct two residential towers on the subject site; and WHEREAS the applicant has indicated support for introducing a Memorandum of Understanding; and WHEREAS Council approval is required for the authorization for the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT, with respect to report ACS2022-PIE-PS-0081, Planning Committee approve the following: Add a new Document 8 to Report ACS2022-PIE-PS-0070, entitled “Document 8 – Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)” to be forwarded to Council along with the staff report; Recommend that Council approve the authorization of the execution of the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and the Applicant; That no payments be made by the City of any monies received pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding unless such payments are ratified in a subsequent term of Council; and That the implementing amendment to the Official Plan/new Official Plan shall not proceed to Council until such time as the Memorandum of Understanding is executed; THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there be no further notice pursuant to Section 34(17) of the Planning Act .
Moved by S. Menard
Carried
S. Moffatt WHEREAS the French translation of Recommendation 2 for report ACS2022-PIE-EDP-0022 did not match the English recommendation; and WHEREAS it is the intent of the report that the English staff recommendations be presented to Committee. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT with respect to report ACS2022-PIE-EDP-0022, Planning Committee amend the French Recommendation 2 to be the following: 2. Que le Comité de l’urbanisme recommande au Conseil d’approuver la modification du Règlement de zonage (no 2008-250) visant les 570 et 600, chemin March afin de faire passer le zonage du terrain de 5,26 hectares de « Zone de parc d’affaires et industriel, sous-zone 6, hauteur maximale de bâtiment de 44 mètres » et celui du terrain de 5,3 hectares de « Zone d’industrie générale, sous-zone 6 » à « Zone de centres polyvalents, exception XXXX, zone d’aménagement différé », comme l’indiquent les documents 3 et 4. THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there be no further notice pursuant to Section 34(17) of the Planning Act .
Moved by Co-chair
Carried
S. Moffatt WHEREAS the Sandy Hill has seen 9 different zoning reports since 2010 to ensure the protection of character of the neighbourhood which includes 8 heritage conservation districts. WHEREAS Laurier East is part of the Prime Minister’s ROW initiative. WHEREAS Ward 12 has the most calls for services to Bylaw, with more than 2,600 calls in Q1 of 2022, representing the highest number of calls in the City with the city-wide average at 1,211 calls; and WHEREAS each Bylaw and Regulatory Services visit to a property costs tax payers $300; WHERAS one of the areas driving the increase in City of Ottawa Bylaw and regulatory services calls relates to garbage management and storage, with more than 1,100 calls to Bylaw for Ward 12 in Q2 2022; and WHEREAS the current Sandy Hill Special Site Plan Control Area requires new units of more than 4 units to include waste storage inside the main building, providing enclosures for the storage of garbage and other waste material indoors By-law 2019-39; and WHEREAS 280 Laurier East building historically mismanaged garbage outdoors and there’s an opportunity to provide storage within apartment the complex; and constant debris and an increase in the rat population at this property has had negative impacts; WHEREAS this proposed side yard waste storage which would face Sweetland Avenue, a designated Heritage Conservation Area and will negatively impact the HCD and its immediate neighbour, 17 Sweetland, which is a heritage designated building with
Moved by Co-chair
Carried
G. Gower WHEREAS report ACS2022-PIE-GEN-0004 proposes implementing a Community Benefit Charge to ensure that growth pays for growth; and WHEREAS the provincial legislation requires that a list of City projects be identified as examples of potential qualifying recipients of the funds collected from the CBC; and WHEREAS the Capital Program List in Table 7 of the CBC Strategy is an illustrative example of potential projects and is subject to further refinement; and WHEREAS the Capital Program List is currently comprised of projects that had cost estimating previously completed; and WHEREAS a list of priority projects that was requested by staff and submitted by Ward 12 were not fully costed, and therefore the desired projects did not make it into the Capital Program List; and THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT, with respect to report ACS2022-PIE-GEN-0004, that Planning Committee recommends Council direct staff to work with the Ward 12 Councillor to review and provide cost estimates for Ward 12's list of projects for inclusion on the Community Benefit Charge Capital Project List as part of the next Capital Program List review prior to the next budget cycle.
Moved by Co-chair
Carried
S. Moffatt THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the item 5.14 of Planning Committee’s agenda 68 be